The Ontario Hockey League rights to Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick Ben Danford, a defenceman, have been traded to the Brantford Bulldogs by the Oshawa Generals. Photo by Tim Cornett / OHL Images

Ben Danford is going a bit further away than the Maple Leafs’ back yard, but to a potentially better junior team to continue his NHL path. Article content

On Thursday, the Oshawa Generals traded Toronto’s first-round pick in 2024 to the Brantford Bulldogs, with fellow defenceman Zackary Sandhu. Danford was a late camp cut of the Leafs. He had two long playoff runs with the Generals, but his team has been weakened by graduation to a degree and is near the bottom of the OHL standings. Article content Article content

Brantford, which beat Oshawa on the road 4-1 Sunday with Danford getting a

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